Summary:
"A Lesson Before Dying" by Earnest J. Gaines. An essay on the interaction between a mentally disabled black man and a middle aged school teacher.
Learning a lesson is one of life's difficult trials that everyone who breathes
must face. In the novel A Lesson Before Dying, Earnest J. Gaines tells a story of
the growing bond between a young, mentally disabled black man, Jefferson,
convicted of robbery and murder he is not at fault for, and a middle aged black
school teacher, Grant, who feels trapped in his small plantation community but
lacks the courage to break away. Even though the novel's main theme is learning a
lesson racism and segregation still loom in the background. In the small town of
Bayonne, racism is a way of life.
In the town of Bayonne racism runs deep. Even the towns structure exhibits
racism. Segregation permeates the town. At the front of town, blacks are nowhere
to be seen. In Bayonne, blacks were.....
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